“They ask you like, ‘Do you have a girlfriend?’ Are you married?’ Do you like girls?’” Kasa told ESPN Radio Denver on Tuesday. “Those kinds of things, and you know it was just kind of weird. But they would ask you with a straight face, and it’s a pretty weird experience altogether.”

I was listening to Mike Missanelli in Philly about this very issue today. Specifically, about whether or not Te'o is gay (note: I don't like Te'o, but his sexual orientation is a non-factor in terms of his on-field ability).

There is a major, MAJOR homophobia that exists among black athletes. That's not to say that all homophobic athletes are black, but there is a definite machismo factor that exists among this group. Examples exist across multiple sports, most notably basketball and football. I don't think it's a coincidence that the first major gay initiative came in ice hockey, which is probably more tolerant (totally relative term, mind you) of alternative lifestyles than other sports.

Where in the law does it say sexual orientation though? I am in a HR class right now and we are actually discussing 'legal and illegal' interview questions and things like that this week. We had quite a debate over those 'grey areas' in Title VII, ADA etc.

Alot of the stuff is being 'expanded' in court of law to include things like transgender and stuff is my understanding of it.

Rylan wrote:CFB could overtake it. But, in the next 15 to 20 years the NFL could have serious issues when it comes to being competitive.

i think that any business can run the risk of encountering serious competitive issues when one examines a 2 decade window...

I went conservative considering the size and need for current generation of die hard fans (generally baby boomers) to begin its decline. My honest opinion is within the next 10 years there could be a larger trend then there already is (considering my age group has shown declines in viewership is not a good statistic for the NFL). I didn't want my window to be too myopic, but in 20 years I could see the NFL still a staple in American Culture, but not be as strong a presence it is now.